Jos: Escaped lion shot dead

Calm has now returned to the city of Jos following the shooting of a lion which escaped from the Jos Wildlife Park during feeding time on Wednesday morning.
There was tension in surrounding areas of the park especially the State and Federal Low-cost housing estates, Rantiya, Miango Road and Tudun Wada, as news of the escaped lion spread.
Police and soldiers swung into action as they spent the day trying to track the animal down within the park located in Jos North Local Government Area.
When it was finally sighted, police say the lion was hostile during attempts to get it back to the cage and it was killed before it could harm anyone.

Read also: Panic as lion escapes Jos zoo

However, reports say there was widespread condemnation of the killing with critics arguing that the animal should have been tranquillized instead.
A staff of the park said “We are not really having any significant animals in the park. It is the lion and the elephant that attract tourists the most but now that the lion is gone, we are sad because we cannot say exactly when we will have another.
“Since we lost the last hippo some years back, there has not been any replacement. We just pray that this case will be different because tourists may not really be excited if there are no high profile animals in the park.”

RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now